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The Lodging and Real Estate Program at Fritz is a critical component of the overall Fritz Knoebel Hospitality Management coursework, providing exposure in valuation, acquisition, operations and management of hotel real estate to our students. The Fritz marketing team sat down with three people who teach in the program for insight into the coursework and its offerings.

About the Panelists:

Amrik Singh is an assistant professor at the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management at Daniels. He earned his PhD in hotel, restaurant and institutional management from the Pennsylvania State University in 2004. Singh’s research focuses on the impact of accounting and financial market regulations, financial statement analysis, capital structure, lodging real estate, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and the corporate use of derivatives in the lodging and restaurant industries.

David “Dave” Johnstone (MBA 1987) is the chief investment officer of hospitality for McWhinney, a Daniels alumnus and Fritz board member. He is responsible for acquisitions, developments, asset management and dispositions at McWhinney. Specifically, Johnstone creates and executes business strategies associated with all hospitality-related acquisitions and development.

Jamie Sabatier is the former CEO for Two Roads Hospitality, a preeminent lifestyle, branded management company with over 100 hotels and resorts and approximately 20,000 employees globally. Sabatier led former Denver-based Destination Hotels and Resorts through the successful merger with San Francisco-based Commune Hotels and Resorts and rebranded the company to Two Roads Hospitality in fall 2016. Eventually, he shepherded the sale of Two Roads to Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in late 2018. Sabatier is currently active with AHLA and sits on multiple boards, including Lowe Enterprises. He is also an Executive-in-Residence for Fritz.